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Regional authorities dismissed claims of coercive enlistment drives as false but acknowledged instances of individuals impersonating officers, as locals increasingly block law enforcement operations.
Russian police conducted a raid at a music festival in the Vyborgsky district of the Leningrad region, detaining approximately 100 participants and organizers. Law enforcement officials stated the detentions were for allegedly performing songs in support of Ukraine.
A German citizen has been detained by Russian police in St. Petersburg for making a small donation to Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation. The detention highlights Russia's crackdown on supporters of the opposition figure.
Russian police have jailed an octogenarian leader of an extremist group whose followers deny the end of the Soviet Union, refuse Russian passports, and claim to be the heirs of Gorbachev to the UN.
Police in Russia's Irkutsk region have cited four local residents for attempting to resell gasoline at inflated prices, according to the regional Interior Affairs Ministry.
Police in Syktyvkar, Russia, are attempting to remove three schoolchildren from their families after the children reportedly climbed on a Victory Day photo installation, an incident described by mothers as 'goofing off'.
Oleg Novoselov, a researcher specializing in Stalin’s Great Terror of the 1930s and a former volunteer for the human rights group Memorial, has been arrested by police in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on "terrorism" charges.
Russian police conducted a raid on the country's largest book publishing house, investigating accusations of "LGBT propaganda" and "extremism." The action targets books with LGBT themes, reflecting Russia's strict laws against such content.
EU parliamentarians are demanding the removal of a Russian employee, who previously worked as a translator for Kremlin chief Putin, from the election observer mission in Hungary, sparking controversy.
A viral video from Russia shows a police officer playing a virtual reality game while his colleagues were in the process of arresting a suspect.
A man detonated an explosive device near a patrol car in central Moscow, resulting in the deaths of both the attacker and a traffic officer.
Russian police and special forces conducted a large-scale raid on a closed music festival held in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region, near the Finnish border.
Russian police have reportedly arrested citizens for complaining about fuel shortages, as fighting has broken out at petrol stations across the country.
Russian police are using drones and cameras with facial recognition technology to identify and contact participants of an opposition rally held in front of the Supreme Court in Moscow.
Russian police briefly detained Boris Nadezhdin north of Moscow, charging him with an administrative offense for displaying 'extremist' symbols after he shared a link to a video containing an image of the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
Police in Russia's Penza region have denied reports of mass detentions of men for conscription into the war against Ukraine, simultaneously warning citizens of punishment for spreading 'fake' news.
Ten employees of the Institute of Philosophy in Moscow were detained by police in connection with an Aristotle translation, with several still missing.
Police in Karachay-Cherkessia reportedly arrested at least 16 men on criminal charges of organizing extremist activities, linked to a queer dating group on the Russian social network VK, according to human rights group SK SOS.
The son of a district police chief in Yakutsk is accused of raping a sleeping woman at his home, streaming the assault live on Bigo Live, and collecting donations from viewers.
Russian police identified over 57,000 homeless children in 2025, with an intelligence agency linking the increase to socio-economic problems and growing poverty in the country.
Five of those sentenced are part of the Safarov family — two other Safarov brothers were killed by Russian police in custody in 2025.
Russian security officials raided the private punk festival Day x Night near Vyborg, detaining nearly 100 people over alleged pro-Ukraine songs and drug use.
The Yabloko party chairman, Nikolai Rybakov, has demanded an end to the persecution of citizens who supported the party outside the Supreme Court, days after they were released without charge.
Reports indicate that Russian state authorities are abducting men directly from the streets or during raids on homes and apartments, forcing them into military service for the war against Ukraine, then claiming they volunteered.
A police officer in Russia's Irkutsk region drew his weapon to intervene in a confrontation at a gas station after a driver reportedly cut in line, with video of the incident circulating on social media.
Russian police are reportedly conducting mass arrests in several cities in the Penza region, stopping men on the street and forcing them to sign army contracts for the war in Ukraine, according to eyewitnesses. This comes amid falling recruitment numbers.
Russian police have issued an arrest warrant for Denis Butsayev, who resigned as deputy minister at the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry in late April and reportedly fled to the United States amid a fraud investigation.
Russian police have launched a criminal investigation after a circus tiger jumped into a panicked audience during a performance in Rostov-on-Don.
Russian police officers have been ordered not to identify themselves as law enforcement on social media or messaging apps, the Russian business news outlet RBC and the news agency Ura.ru reported,…
A Russian policeman was reportedly playing a game on a VR headset during the arrest of a man for military service evasion. It remains unclear if the officer will face consequences for his behavior.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for Ukraine war veterans to fill staffing shortages in the country's police force, citing their combat experience and resilience as valuable assets.